Couchbase is not yet selected as a participating organization for GSoC 2013, however we hope for the best and are getting ready. Read the following to know more about the Couchbase Open Source Project.

This wiki page serves as the Couchbase Server GSoC portal. Please feel free to contact for any clarifications/more info.

Students

If you are a student looking for challenges and would like to contribute to the worlds' leading open source NoSQL document database, this is your opportunity. Couchbase is at the forefront of the biggest advance in database technology in over forty years. If you want to contribute to the Couchbase Open Source project, please feel free to contact and refer to the material and start contacting mentors.

Working in Couchbase gives you a chance to:

Collaborate with real engineers and other professional experts in the database area.

Student's application

Administration

If you have any further questions about the Couchbase Open Source Project for Google Summer of Code 2013, please contact the administrators directly (please consider CCing couchbasesummercoding@googlegroups.com where ever possible).

[[User:Jin]] - Administrator

Communication

We prefer that you use any of the following channels to get in touch with us :

May 27: 19:00 UTC Accepted student proposals announced on the Google Summer of Code 2013 site.
Community Bonding Period:
Students get to know mentors, read documentation, get up to speed to begin working on their projects.

June 17: Students begin coding for their Google Summer of Code projects;
Google begins issuing initial student payments provided tax forms are on file and students are in good standing with their communities.

July 29: 19:00 UTC Mentors and students can begin submitting mid-term evaluations.

August 2: 19:00 UTC Mid-term evaluations deadline;

Work Period: Mentors give students a helping hand and guidance on their projects.

September 27: Students can begin submitting required code samples to Google

October 1: Final results of Google Summer of Code 2013 announced

October 19 & 20: Mentor Summit at Google

Ideas Page

We encourage students to provide creative yet useful ideas towards the Couchbase Open Source project as well. We have come up with a list of sample projects that you can contribute to. Additionally, you can also suggest your own idea.